Chương 534: The Core Members Strike

However, what could these powers do aside from bowing with gratitude and paying the price. The entire time, they were gritting their teeth with hatred, wishing they could ignore the threat of the War Maniac Pavilion and the Church of Light to descend upon the player guild like locusts. 

Of course, they still didn't fear Umbra even now. They had scores of Rank 5 and above forces in their factions, while Umbra was only Rank 3 at best. So what if Draco had cleared that sea route? 

If they paid a certain price, they could too, but no one had the time and resources to bother with marine expansion. Of course, this sentiment would most likely change when Draco returned from the Tower of Babylon for various reasons. 

Soon, the auction came to an end, and the various parties left with their spoils. Umbra had made around 33 billion platinum in total, an amount far surpassing anything they had earned before thanks to the materials near the end.